▪ I. † drof, drove, a. Obs.
[OE. dróf turbid, disturbed, a parallel form to OS. drôƀi (MDu. droeve, Du. droef), OHG. truobi (Ger. trübe):—OTeut. *drôƀu-z (becoming *droƀjo-), from ablaut stem of draƀ-an, whence draff. Cf. dref.]
Turbid, disturbed, troubled: physically or mentally.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 204 Flod drof ᵹesihð æbyliiᵹða hit ᵹetacnað. c 1205 Lay. 1040 Drof he wes on mode. Ibid. 6588 Drof [c 1275 sori] him wes on heorte. a 1300 Cursor M. 13769 (Cott.) Quen þis water all droue [v.r. droued] war. |
▪ II. drof(e, droff(e
obs. ff. drove: see drive v.